Nikola Tesla
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Current_War Though this isn’t only about Tesla.
Queen of a British tribe that fought the Romans and won, for a while.
Roald Dahl
Writing Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory was after two other careers of epicness
Vlad III, more commonly known as Vlad the Impaler. It’s basically the story of Wallachia’s complicated relationships with all their neighbours. The real story is so much more interesting than “spooky vampire”.
James J. Andrews and the great locomotive chase of the US Civil War.
How this hasn’t been made into a movie is beyond me.
Emperor Norton of America
Bill Blizzard. I really want to see a solid movie about The Battle of Blair Mountain
Yusuke, the black samurai.
I’d elaborate but it would be a really long post. Best to read the wiki page.
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